Chop chicken
into pieces. Mix in marinade and leave it for 15 minutes. Rinse the
herbal ingredients. Bring water to the boil. Put the herbal ingredients
and ginger in. Simmer for 30 minutes. Pour in Shaoxing wine. Bring to
the boil again. Add chicken and simmer over gentle heat for 20 minutes
until done. Serve hot.

Shaoxing wine
is a kind of Chinese wine with a brown color and an alcohol content of
16%. It is most commonly used in Drunken Chicken.